clap (together or up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clap (together or up)
Verb
  • As the Panthers’ general manager from 2013 to just before the 2017 season began, Gettleman devised the rosters that pushed Carolina to four playoff berths in five years.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2025
  • Participants identify challenges in their communities and devise local, innovative solutions to address them.
    Cynthia Tully, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Free to experiment, distillers are concocting playful new expressions that summon the sea to your glass.
    Camille Berry, Vogue, 15 July 2025
  • It’s well established that the Trump-Russia hoax was concocted to harm Trump, but Ratcliffe’s move is a prosecutorial dead end.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • Will downtown buildings in L.A. illuminate improvised lightning bolts, as happened in downtown San Diego?
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
  • Frontman Martin then improvises a brief song after they are captured on the big screen.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • David Zayas returns as Dexter’s old Miami PD colleague Angel Batista, who’s slightly less jovial now that he’s realized his friend may have had good reason to fake his own death, and Dexter still has visions of his father Harry (James Remar).
    Alison Herman, Variety, 11 July 2025
  • These tools, known as FIDO2 or WebAuthn passkeys, are far harder for hackers to fake or phish.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 10 July 2025
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“Clap (together or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clap%20%28together%20or%20up%29. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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